Easter Egg Counting (or ABCs)

Cut some Easter eggs out of construction paper. Cut into two pieces using crazy designs (scrapbooking scissors make these EASY). On one side, write a number. On the other, put the same number of stickers. Have your child match them up. They can check their own work because the lines will match. It’s also fun to have your child then line them up in numerical order.

Another version: You could use plastic eggs instead. Write the number on the outside and have your child place small objects inside each one.

You could also do this with ABCs or rhyming words or any other concept your child needs help with. This would also be a good way to reinforce patterns (pink, purple, blue, pink, purple, blue, etc).

Great idea!! I forgot that I used to do that with my 1st and 2nd graders. See?! This is what happens to my mind when I’m with preschoolers all day long!!! Thank you for that idea! I’m sure many people with older children will definitely utilize this!

"I will spend eternity knowing (my children) as adults. But tonight, right here, right now, and for the next precious years, I have the rare privilege of knowing them as a child. What a gift to experience the children in our lives as children! For a brief moment during the journey of mortality, we get to watch them laugh, learn, experience, grow."
(Hilary Weeks)